MONDAY DECEMBER 9, 1940
RED WINGS CONTINUE TO ROLL
The Detroit Red Wings made a huge statement this week as they hammered the second place Toronto Maple Leafs 9-0 on Wednesday. The Wings followed that up with a 2-2 tie in Boston before returning home to blast the New York Americans 6-1. The Wings now have a 5 point lead on second place Toronto and a 20 point cushion on the 5th place Americans in a league where the top 4 teams make the playoffs. With the seperation between the top four and bottom four it is starting to look like the playoff participants will be determined by New Years.
The 9-0 victory was even more impressive in the fact that the Wings fired 8 goals on 32 shots against the Leafs number one netminder, Marc-Andre Baribeau, who was making his return to action after missing almost a month with a neck injury. While Anthony Manca had a pair of assists and Conner Hendricks 3 points in the win the Wings got most of their scoring from the third line as Kingston Morrison (10-14-24) had a 4 point night, Kory Stamler (4-8-12) had two goals and Lee Taylor (3-7-10) had a goal and two assists.
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NHL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS
Detroit 33 18 6 9 45
Toronto 32 17 9 6 40
Boston 30 15 9 6 36
NY Rangers 32 14 10 8 36
NY Americans 30 11 16 3 25
Mon Canadiens 32 10 17 5 25
Mon Maroons 31 9 19 3 21
Chicago 28 6 14 8 20
SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS
Ryan Dirk NYR 32 24 11 35
Darren Vaness TOR 32 11 24 35
Anthony Manca DET 33 17 17 34
Neil Frank NYA 29 16 17 33
Chris Maxwell TOR 32 9 23 32
Chris Bishop TOR 32 18 13 31
Matt Jambrosich BOS 30 18 12 30
Conner Hendricks DET 33 15 14 29
Tyler Wing NYA 30 12 17 29
Andy Adell DET 32 11 18 29
Finlay Akervall TOR 32 15 12 27
Payton Yuen MON 32 13 14 27
Nicolas Frenette NYR 32 6 21 27
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
The Buffalo Bisons have 8 wins and a tie in their last 11 games and have moved into a tie with Providence for first place in the AHL. The Bisons, farm team of the New York Americans, have been getting solid goaltending from 23 year old Chuck Walton - a Kitchener, Ontario native who is getting his first taste of AHL action. Youngsters Josh Smith (16-11-27), a 21 year old forward drafted 3rd overall after a standout junior career in Cornwall and Ian Andersteen (12-13-25) another 21 year old who was a second round pick from the Jr Canadiens are carrying the load offensively while the blueline is being anchored by a couple more youngsters in 20 year old Kevin Dyck (7-20-27), a former Quebec Rempart, and 23 year old Alexander Edmondson (7-18-25), who is in his third season with the Bisons.
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AHL STANDINGS
GP W L T PTS
Buffalo 30 17 9 4 38
Providence 33 16 11 6 38
Rochester 30 15 8 7 37
Pittsburgh 32 13 15 4 30
Hershey 31 14 16 1 29
Springfield 28 12 13 3 27
Quebec 32 11 16 5 27
Cleveland 32 7 17 8 22
SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Corey Stewart HER 31 17 24 41
Angelo Rukkino HER 28 19 20 39
Andre Tanguay PROV 33 19 19 38
Jordan Donald PIT 25 8 25 33
Jacob Vanderhoek ROC 29 13 19 32
Steve Amner QUE 32 11 21 32
Philippe Morin HER 26 7 25 32
Preston Surgenor ROCH 30 14 16 30
Ryan Olekszyk PROV 33 11 19 30
In other sports news this week
The Chicago White Sox dealt a promising prospect to the Braves
Three teams have clinched playoff berths in the NFL heading into the season's final weekend.